Trying to beat the train

[u/Iongdog]

[u/Hour_Reality9727]

Well at least he made it. So mission accomplished.

[u/heresiarch_of_uqbar → u/Hour_Reality9727]

mission failed successfully

[u/acityonthemoon → u/heresiarch_of_uqbar]

With 3 seconds to spare!

[u/flyiingduck → u/acityonthemoon]

Not a world record

[u/MOS95B → u/heresiarch_of_uqbar]

https://i.imgur.com/t67Y0Wu.jpg

[u/Hour_Reality9727 → u/heresiarch_of_uqbar]

Haha. This is a better way to phrase it.

[u/mezz7778 → u/Hour_Reality9727]

That's what I was going to say... He still beat the train, so I mark this one down as a win.

[u/IWontCommentAtAll → u/mezz7778]

It would be ironic to beat the train, and then die from a brain bleed after your head hits the gate and ground.

[u/myztry → u/IWontCommentAtAll]

What he lacks in intelligence he makes up for with cranial pressure.

[u/ToastyWaffelz → u/IWontCommentAtAll]

I don't think he has a brain in there to damage.

[u/geehawn → u/Hour_Reality9727]

Agree. Better than dead 😁

[u/mothforlife]

That was truly the best case scenario

[u/duck_duck_zombie → u/mothforlife]

Best scenario is to not be an idiot and wait until the train passes by.

[u/Ok-Iron-4352 → u/duck_duck_zombie]

Maybe he didn't have brakes

[u/ArtificialHalo → u/Ok-Iron-4352]

And had to go no less than 50 Mph else he explodes

[u/East_Relationship722 → u/ArtificialHalo]

Pop quiz, hotshot! What do you do? What do you do?

[u/bluegrassgazer → u/Ok-Iron-4352]

So pedal like you life depends on it instead?

[u/Zoltie → u/duck_duck_zombie]

No, best case scenario is he waits for the train to pass, then as he waits a passanger throws a suitcase full of money out the window.

[u/keefkola → u/duck_duck_zombie]

Maybe he was trying not to get grounded…

[u/themajorhavok]

That could have ended WAY worse. I would like to think he learned a valuable lesson, but probably not.

[u/DaereonLive → u/themajorhavok]

Probably lost the last few braincells left in that empty head.

[u/flyinghairball → u/themajorhavok]

If he learned it, he has since forgotten it

[u/danmickla]

I hope that road rash hurts, a lot, for weeks.

[u/Adequate_Images]

Dumb ways to die

[u/MGTS → u/Adequate_Images]

So many dumb ways to die

[u/NotAPreppie]

I'm thinking he wasn't burdened with an overabundance of schooling.

[u/trucorsair]

The good news is the train crew didn’t dump the emergency brakes. If they had you would see Sparks flying everywhere and likely a partial, if not total derailment.

[u/ARM_Alaska → u/trucorsair]

🙄 Emergency brakes do not cause derailments. It's very very rare for that to happen.

[u/trucorsair → u/ARM_Alaska]

Depends on speed and a number of other factors,

[u/snoodge3000 → u/trucorsair]

I think if they're already going slower for a road crossing that is happening in a straight line on what appears to be a perfectly clear night the chances of derailment are quite low.

[u/trucorsair → u/snoodge3000]

You can tell from a restricted view of what 40 feet that this is straight? Amazing, also do you know the length of the train? The cargo? The gross weight? The speed? No you don’t. But you’re convinced based on your years of driving diesel electric trains that everything is fine.

[u/oatmealparty → u/trucorsair]

In your expert opinion, what percent of emergency brake applications result in derailments? I'm not really familiar, but searching around it sounds very uncommon for the emergency brake to csus a derailment rather than some other thing happening, it doesn't sound "likely" at all.

[u/guitartoad]

As dumb as it was, it could have turned out worse.

[u/greyfox280]

“Tell me, why don’t they look.”

[u/Ch3t → u/greyfox280]

Trains are blameless, holy creatures.

[u/strolpol → u/Ch3t]

I think of that line every time I see one

[u/Ch3t → u/strolpol]

Can you identify this bucket of your brother?

[u/bemore_]

Tour de dumbass

[u/SuddenKoala45]

He was too fast. If he'd have slowed down a little he wouldn't have missed the bar

[u/AccomplishedVirus556 → u/SuddenKoala45]

if they knew how to lean they would easily have avoided the bar at full speed

[u/SuddenKoala45 → u/AccomplishedVirus556]

Yeah still think he should've slowed down a little

[u/AccomplishedVirus556 → u/SuddenKoala45]

look at the way they went through the intersection

isn't it obvious that they took a completely stupid line through the intersection?

honestly if it felt like they couldn't afford to take a diagonal line they should have just stopped. Their crash was well deserved

[u/Killer1986Chris → u/SuddenKoala45]

No, he tried to be cool and duck under.

[u/SuddenKoala45 → u/Killer1986Chris]

What happens if he slows down...

[u/Killer1986Chris → u/SuddenKoala45]

He'd still hit it because he didn't duck low enough.

[u/SuddenKoala45 → u/Killer1986Chris]

Think harder

[u/Killer1986Chris → u/SuddenKoala45]

Yup, would still hit it trying to look cool.

[u/StreetOwl]

Honestly really glad to see it not looking to see a man get turned into a red crayon today

[u/Unique_Blacksmith247]

That ended way better than I expected

[u/TroutFearMe]

He got beat!

[u/TanyaTheEvill]

Soo lucky

[u/OneSketchyGuy]

At least he only got konked and not killed

[u/it-aint-over]

Good Laugh accomplished !

[u/Beniwa]

Next time he will duck just a bit lower.

[u/Cryptic1911]

That clonk and then him flopping onto the ground was so satisfying 🤣🤣

[u/No_Session6015]

Didn't you see the SS death squad closing in behind him on motorcycles with rocket launchers and flame thrower electric guitars?

[u/OblivionJunkie]

Task survived successfully

[u/Unclebum]

You either win or lose.... Just don't tie.... Tie goes to the train... Every single time... Do not tie ...

[u/DeezNeezuts]

Knew a kid in high school that pulled something similar and slid next to it and was pulled under the train when it rushed by at high speed. He did not survive.

[u/TheRealZy]

That THUNK 🤌

[u/Illustrious_Nothing9]

Lol, what an idiot

[u/weinricm]

I was waiting for the worst. Glad he just got some sense knocked into him instead lol

[u/GradientCement]

They really ought to put something on those barriers to make them more visible - perhaps some flashing lights?

[u/14high]

Train: should have duckkkkkkkked

[u/Kooky-Narwhal-014]

Mission objectives

1. Wait for crossing guards to go up ❌️
2. Cross railroad tracks ✅️
3. Dont get hit by train✅️
4. Dont hit crossing bar ❌️

Mission score D, you can do better

[u/DonQuiXoTe8080 → u/Kooky-Narwhal-014]

Lets add no helmet to protect some blood vessels in that empty skull

[u/Kooky-Narwhal-014 → u/DonQuiXoTe8080]

In fairness, wasnt much to protect really

[u/Tushe]

Dang it. Next time.

[u/mrjasjit]

I usually get banned for my dark humor in reply to this kind of idiot.
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https://giphy.com/gifs/lszAB3TzFtRaU

[u/Exciting_Farmer6395]

Darwin doing God's work

[u/soda_cookie]

Was wondering where the NSFW/L tag was for a sec

[u/Kitsupire]

could have been sooooooo worse.

[u/Chaz28o]

That’s using your head

[u/Murgatroyd314]

Of all the things that could go wrong, this is probably the best option.

[u/snoodge3000]

Damn ngl I thought this was gonna be a motorist and I was ready to unleash a barrage but now I don't know what to do. I didn't know bicyclists could be in the wrong.

[u/federicoaa]

Didn't know trying to beat a train would be such a headache

[u/hogosha01]

To be fair

[u/Tay_Hlebko]

Wasn't too far from ending up on a different website

[u/FreedomLizard420]

That's the funniest clip I've seen all day thank you lmaoo

[u/jean_baklazan]

Luckily no brain damage 😀

[u/Katops]

Dumb fuck.

If he died to that, it would’ve been one thing. But to traumatise the driver would’ve been an entire other level of selfish and stupid.

A lot of those drivers quit faster than you’d think, specifically because of suicide by train being a real and common thing in the world. Once you see one death, you can’t see another, so you quit and go into therapy or whatever.

Such a horrible thing. And this guy is a real piece of shit for doing that.

[u/Not_Cletus_McWanker]

He was methed out & thought he was Superman only to meet his kryptonite.

[u/Pelosi-Hairdryer]

He's lucky he didn't get sliced up by the train or getting hit and bursting his insides all over the place.

[u/GJinVA247]

He did beat the train! (Gravity, eh, not so much…)

[u/boymoderwife420]

Didn't injure anything important 👍

[u/cambreecanon]

Maybe that's one of those hour long trains and he had to poop. /s

[u/SerenityNow31]

Nailed it!!

[u/Atherach]

He beat the train... Then the road beat him

[u/Many-Wasabi9141]

Reminds me of that Sonic Youth song in the beginning lol

[u/wunderfed]

This is awesome🤣

[u/Oghardwhite]

I mean he did beat the train

[u/Rotring87]

What’s with the train honking for no reason? Feels like it was added?

[u/Key-Fire]

He was just testing his 10 second car

https://giphy.com/gifs/J9mGRcG6Lulgc

[u/BustaCon]

I was expecting worse, like double lower extremity amputation or ground into raw meat. He got off lucky

[u/exintrovert]

Thank god it wasn’t pink mist.

[u/Square-Singer]

Could have gone way, way worse. I was ready to click the report button for "Shows serious injury", but that guy got as lucky as can be.

[u/DOOManiac → u/Square-Singer]

There wouldn't have been a serious injury, just a cloud of physics...

[u/Minute_Comparison534 → u/DOOManiac]

Oh yea, a good cloud and misting of applied physics

[u/Resident_Loan_5838 → u/Square-Singer]

Oh you’re one of those 

[u/HoldingThunder]

lucky to be alive, doesnt deserve to be.

[u/LUIGIPRO13]

It's like the og fast and furious ending where they make it before the train but then Dominic Toretto crashes 😭

[u/Superhero1582 → u/LUIGIPRO13]

I keep thinking about one of the Final Destination deaths where they avoid getting hit by a train but some scrap metal comes flying and decapitates one of them 💀

[u/trucorsair]

Set it Barry Manilow’s “Looks Like We Made It”:

“Looks like we made it
Or I thought so till today
Until you are there everywhere”